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Meaning of the nameAntoninha

Antoninha is a feminine name that carries the diminutive suffix -inha and recalls Antônia and Antônio, from Latin Antonius, of uncertain meaning.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,512 people named Antoninha, the 6,225th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 65, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Meaning

The meaning of Antoninha is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,512
Rank in Brazil
#6,225
Median age
65 years
2010 Census
1,869
people

Antoninha in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Antoninha, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (455 people).

1,504 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Antoninha is most common

States with the highest share of people named Antoninha in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Santa Catarina 0.005%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.005%
  3. Paraná 0.002%
  4. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul4970.005%
Santa Catarina3650.005%
Paraná2390.002%
São Paulo1460.000%
Minas Gerais870.000%
Mato Grosso370.001%
Bahia280.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul200.001%
Goiás170.000%
Rio de Janeiro150.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Antoninha

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes -inha as a formative coming from Latin -ina, a diminutive affix, as in Joaninha and Terezinha. Wiktionary lists Antônio as a learned borrowing from Latin Antonius and says that the gens Antonia was probably of Etruscan origin, without certainty. For that reason the meaning of the name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,512 people named Antoninha, with a median age of 65. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina. The name is almost always female, and most of the people recorded were born in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-inha) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Antônio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Antonius · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Antoninha

What does the name Antoninha mean?

The meaning of Antoninha is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Antoninha in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,512 people with the first name Antoninha, which ranks it number 6,225 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Antoninha a boy's or a girl's name?

Antoninha is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,504 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Antoninha?

Antoninha is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Antoninha most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.005% of the state's population is named Antoninha (365 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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